Author: Nils Adler

With the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling a surprise snap general election, the political landscape is heating up as the main opposition Labour party aims to overthrow the long-standing Conservative government in the 2024 general election. Set to take place on Thursday, July 4, this election is crucial for the future of British politics. How and when will the UK general election be held? On July 4, registered voters across 650 constituencies will cast their ballots at polling stations from 7am to 10pm. The UK uses a first-past-the-post system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency…

Tbilisi, Georgia – Zviad Tsetskhladze, a 19-year-old student from Batumi, leads a crowd of protesters in catchy pro-European Union slogans outside Georgia’s parliament building in Tbilisi. The protests stem from opposition to a controversial “foreign agents” law that passed in May, requiring organizations with over 20% foreign funding to register as “agents of foreign influence.” For young protesters like Tsetskhladze, the law represents larger issues of corruption and a political shift away from the EU, sparking concerns of Russian influence. As Georgia’s governing party faces pressure ahead of parliamentary elections, protesters aim to keep momentum by boycotting Russian products and…